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foundation of his architectural success, as well as secured the respect 
and friendship of its noble possessor. He was also employed pro- 
fessionally at Chatsworth, Woburn, Ashridge, Wollaton, Bretby, 
Gopsal, Belton, Lilleshall, Golden Grove, and more than 100 of - 
the principal mansions in 35 out of the 40 English counties, and 4 
of the 12 Welsh counties. But the work which henceforth will be 
inseparably connected with his name, in which his genius had the 
greatest scope, and from his successful accomplishment of which ~ 
he has received the admiration and approbation of the nation, is the 
restoration of the ancient royal palace of Windsor Castle to the 
style of its founder, Edward III. No sooner had he begun this 
great national work in 1824, than the Royal Academy granted him 
the full honours of an Academician, and on the day of laying the 
first stone of these restorations, his royal patron, King George IV., 
conferred on him authority to change his name to Wyattville. 
This honour, marking the commencement of these great works, was 
but a foretaste of that entire confidence and approbation with 
which His Majesty distinguished him, and which received their 
public acknowledgement in the first act the King performed on 
returning to inhabit the Castle, namely, on December 9th, 1828, 
conferring on him the honour of knighthood. 
Thus publicly distinguished by the approbation of George IV., 
Sir J. Wyattville went on with these restorations during the remain- 
der of this king’s reign, and through that of King William IV., 
whose condescending friendship and full confidence he also en- 
joyed. Her Majesty Queen Adelaide also introduced him to her 
brother, the reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen, for whom he made 
many designs, and from whom he received the Grand Cross of the 
Ernestine Order of Saxe Meiningen. 
Honoured and adorned with these trophies of his art, he 
brought his works to their completion in the reign of her present 
Majesty, who granted to him for life the use of the Winchester 
Tower, as a residence in Windsor Castle, an honour he had first re- 
ceived from King George IV., and again from his late Majesty. He 
terminated his career in iantien on the 18th of February, 1840, 
aged 74, and was buried in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. 
As an architect, his most remarkable quality was judgment, a 
perfect knowledge of the purposes of his art, and great command of 
the resources by which they may be accomplished. He possessed 
great taste, more especially in Gothic architecture, and had a .- 
refined perception of the picturesque. 
During the last ten years of his life, Sir Jeffery Wyattville spent 
much of his time in preparing for publication a series of plans and 
views, illustrative of the present state of Windsor Castle. They 
were nearly completed at the time of his death, and are now in 
progress of publication by his son-in-law and his executors: two 
numbers, with twenty-eight engravings, have been published; the 
remaining number, accompanied by an archeological essay, will 
shortly appear. 
He was a man of honour and honesty, and extraordinary talent in 
